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How the Modern Passport Took Over the World

The simplified story of this universal travel document

5d ago

A broken photo of the author next to blue Canadian passports

5d ago

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Counter Arts

The Sweetest Psychopath — Why the Season 1 Finale of ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Is a Bullseye

Eddie Redmayne stars in the streaming remake of a classic, and interrogates our desire for perfect control

Feb 11

The Sweetest Psychopath — Why the Season 1 Finale of ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Is a Bullseye

Feb 11

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Reinterpreting the Nature of Britain

How moving to London forced me to re-examine the symbols of my childhood

Mar 19, 2024

Reinterpreting the Nature of Britain

Mar 19, 2024

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A-Culturated

The Gap in Our Understanding: Waiting for the Sycamore Gap Trial

A tale of two felled trees, and the outrage that rose in their place

Jul 14, 2024

The Sycamore Gap Tree sits in its gully on a spring day. A distant hiker can be seen walking below it.

Jul 14, 2024

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If You Want to Know a Place, Travel at a Human Pace

Thoughts after walking through the Cotswolds

Sep 26, 2024

Thistles in the foreground as a woman hikes along a countryside trail.

Sep 26, 2024

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Counter Arts

‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ Makes a Satire of Itself at the Adelphi Theatre

And I wish I could go back in time to before I bought the tickets

Dec 12, 2024

Cory English and Vasco Emauz in ‘Back to the Future: The Musical.’

Dec 12, 2024

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The Memoirist

That Time My Father Came Home with a Lion

And no one seemed to think it was a terrible, terrible idea

Dec 10, 2024

A female lion cub lies in the grass, with an unseen boy holding the leash behind her. Only his left foot is visible.

Dec 10, 2024

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Counter Arts

‘Viola’s Room’: Punchdrunk Theatre Draws Us into Daisy Johnson’s Dark Fairytale

A work of immersive theatre that takes you into the maze behind its protagonist’s walls

Nov 26, 2024

‘Viola’s Room’ 2024, Punchdrunk Theatre

Nov 26, 2024

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New Writers Welcome

What I Know After Reaching 500 Followers in Eight Months

Advice from a Medium writer who still knows absolutely nothing

Nov 17, 2024

A group of people on camels follow a man into the desert.

Nov 17, 2024

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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

Twenties Slang Is the Greatest of All Time — But Which Twenties?

Why your cat’s pyjamas are the OG

Nov 14, 2024

An AI-generated black cat, wearing blue patterned pyjamas and looking sleepy.

Nov 14, 2024

Owen Schaefer

Owen Schaefer

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Born in a hollow log and raised by wolves. Now writing about the arts, culture, travel and the world.

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